The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-20
THE WESTERN STATES.

The oil and lard refinery Of the extensive
plant of n X. Fairbank X Co, at Nineteenth
street and Wentworth avenue, Chicago, was
totally destroyed by fire. The loss will reach
100000, on which there is an insurance of
about 30 per cent
DISPATCH from Ironwood, Mich, says:
SThe bodies of all the people who persisted in
the flames at Hurley, ten in number, have
been removed from the debris, but they are
charred beyond recognition The total num-
Der of lives lost by the accident is seventeen.
1t is thought that John Jarrett the stage car
penter, who was badly burned, will die. Jen-
ME Sheridan, who jumped from the third
story window, escaped with slight injuries
Almost simultaneously with Miss Sheri-
dams leap McCabe (colored) fell from the
third-story window. and when carried from
the place it was supposed that he was dead.
He is slowly recovering. McCabe was sitting
on the wlndow-sill, and Sadie McCabe ard
Wesley Jackson were on the inside. McCsbe
was trying to induce his wife 10 jump TO the
ground when the floor fell in, carrying with it
both Mrs. McCabe and Jackson"
THE Chicago, Milwaukee and st Paul Road
has commenced suit against the Chicago, st
Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Company TO
recover land and benefits valued at s25, 600,
600
The town of Nogales. Arizona, was badly
damaged by cloud burst In Sonora, Mex
leo, few miles distant, a number of houses
were washed away and one child drowned
GEN. @DIcK" RowETT, of Carl.nville, Ill,
dropped dead at the Washington Park race
track, IN Chicago
TRAIN robber entered the private car of
General Manager Charles M. Hayes, of the
Wabash and Western Road, between st Louis
and Chicago, and relieved Assistant General
Passenger Agent Crane of his money and
jewelry
A LANCASTER wis dispatch says: @William
Ramey, ex-Sheriff of Rowan County, Ken
lucky, and his son Henry, who fled from
Moorhead after the recent fight with the
Tollivers, and who have been reported TO be
in hiding near Lancaster, were found in an
old house on the bluffs, fourteen miles north
of the city William Ramey is n splendid
specimen of the Kentuckian-tall, well built,
straight as All arrow, with a head covered
with hair that is almost white. In speaking
of the Rowan County troubles, he said:
Il was in the fight at Moorhead. was in the
hotel kept by Craig Tolliver, when Lawyer Lo-
gan came and called me and said: Come on,
Ramey. asked him what the matter was and
he said, Il will be popping here in few
minutes We walked toward the brush Logan
going ahead ana following. As we approached
the brush a large number of men, bareheaded
jumped up with their rifles at their shoulders
ready to shoot. / told them not to shoot an
body; that the Tolliver boys would give up if
they would protect them from the mob. One of
the Tolliver boys fired at a man who ran across
an open space in the brush while was talking,
and then the firing commenced. -Four men were
killed-three Of them Tollivers helped pre-
pare the Tollivers for burial after the fight. Bud
TOlliver was wounded in the fight, but was not
killed. and he cravled into the bush, where he
was found by the attacking party after tire
was over. They dragged him out, and his wife
stood by and begged them not TO kill him, but
they placed gun against his head, and while
his wife stood with her hands covering her
eyes they pressed the trigger Of the gun that
sent Bud into eternity / stood by and saw
them do IL IL is not political fight. 1t is am
bition TO be ahead. have got ball here in
my leg, and son Henry there has some buck
won't talk any more. Ihave two sons in Row.
an County and anything / would say might
bring them into trouble
The case of Chris Won der Ahe President
of the St Louis Base Ball Club, charged
with violating the Sunday law by start
ing q game Of baseball on Sunday. was
called in the Court of Criminal Correc-
ton in St Louis on Saturday. The court
room was filled, and much interest was
manifested. Judge Noonan discharged the
defendant after hearing the evidence. He
said that the Missouri Supreme Court, in its
decisions on violations of the Sunday law,
had not prohibited, either expressly or con-
structvely baseball, if carried on decently,
orderly, and quietly In conclusion, he said:
Il might say in addition 20 this that the game
was reasonable sport and the use of nature 8
powers and, while the evidence showed that
money was taken and money paid to the play
ers It, in my mind, is not within the meaning
of this statute any more than would be the
paying of any piano-player or singer that
might come into the home OF citizen on Sun
| day to contribute = his entertainment.